Fitness Experiment - Anti-Gravity Yoga

Some of you may know that all during junior high and high school, I did a lot of sports. I tried basketball (I sucked), tennis (I was borderline okay), cross county (I never competed), and track and field. I loved the exercise, the competition, the camaraderie, and how I felt afterward. When I went to college, I didn't continue all of that, since my joints felt they had taken a good enough beating for a lifetime. I mean, I still have raised spots on my shins from those stupid metal plyometric boxes that were too tall. 

I took a few classes in college, because I needed the credits. I did racquetball (super fun, and dangerous for those of us obsessed like golden retrievers with getting to the ball) and jazz dance (yeah, at least they passed me). I ran off and on, on my own, but it was never as fun as running sprints and doing hurdles. Just not as fulfilling without the competition and bursts of speed. I've avoided gyms like the plague - I always was overwhelmed by the offerings, the huge amounts of people, and the regular visitors to the gym. It was just too much for me. 

Then a couple of days ago, someone pinned this: AntiGravity Yoga.

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I don't know what came of me. THIS LOOKS SO COOL. I CAN DO THIS! FIND A CLASS NOW! And so I did.  And signed up for a class less than 24 hours in the future..  I was so proud of myself. THEN IT HIT. WHAT AM I DOING? I DON'T WORK OUT!  I'VE NEVER TAKEN A FITNESS CLASS?? ACKKKK!!!!

But since my subconscious is so much smarter than me, I didn't have enough time to fully freak out and back out before it got here.  So I went. To this place:

http://www.fittothecoreaustin.com/ 

 AND OH MY GOODNESS. It was so much fun!!!  The cloth things are called hammocks. There were only 5 hammocks plus the instructor's hammock in our class.  Only 2 other girls came.  It was quiet, relaxing, a good workout, a good stretch....we combined yoga, Pilates, gymnastics, and just plain fun for a good workout.  See that pose up there?  I did that.   We did front flips to back flips, yoga poses, "the vampire", and just holed up in the cocoon at the end for the cool down. HOW COOL IS THAT??

 

Not only was it kid free time, it was a workout, nontraditional, without too many people.  The gym was more of a spa like atmosphere, no body builders in sight.  Much more my style.

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I don't have any proof that I went, mind you.  I wasn't going to whip out my camera during poses.  And really, no one wants to see that anyway! So you get to see these pretty pictures instead.

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Now don't get me wrong, it was at times difficult.  I could barely drive home and make dinner for myself last night...my poor muscles haven't done anything like that in ages.  I couldn't even carry my dinner to the table. Ha! What a pansy.  But I'd do it again.  I probably will go back.  If only for the kid free ness of it.  And the flips.